David Simak, head pastry chef at Albert and Michel Roux Jr’s Crossbasket Castle in Glasgow, has won the first ever Chocolate Dessert of the Year contest, in front of a team of top pastry and chocolatier judges.
Parabola, the soon-to-launch restaurant at London’s relocated Design Museum, from Peter Prescott and Sir Terence Conran, is to host a stellar guest chef series including Jeremy Lee and Martin Morales.
Carluccio’s, the Italian-style restaurant group, is to introduce virtual reality (VR) glasses to customers when it launches its biggest ever menu overhaul this November.